The sun has been shining and the flowers blossoming. Too hot to do much more than sit and enjoy the garden. A very pleasant surprise is the Rudbeckias which I have never grown before. The varied bright yellow and orange blooms brighten the August garden.
The ‘old herb garden’ is now totally transformed. A little overcrowded but full of colour. Even the sweat peas have started to bloom at the back of the plot. Pleasant surprises re the Astilbe, transferred from the overgrown patch at the top of the garden, and the Japanese Anemone, self seeded in my mum’s garden.
In the vegetable patch the rust of the potatoes have been dug up and replaced by cabbages and cauliflowers. Small yellow courgette ‘soleil’ are slowly growing.
Fortunately there is plenty of shade on the bottom patio to get away from the scorching heat.
A Strines Garden 